AI Engineer for SaaS (KTP Associate), Essex Business School

University of Essex; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent UK university is offering a unique opportunity for a KTP Associate in Manchester. The successful candidate will be involved in developing solutions, integrating AI/ML models, and ensuring compliance with regulations. This position provides access to university resources, development budgets, and mentoring, making it ideal for someone looking to advance their career in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Personal development budget of £5333

Management training and mentoring

Full access to university resources

World-leading project supervision

Responsibilities

• Data collection, pre-processing and standardisation.
• Design and develop technical architecture for a DPP solution.
• Optimize user experience while ensuring compliance.
• Work collaboratively with stakeholders.

Skills

Data analysis

ML/AI development

Full stack development

Cloud-native solutions

User Experience design

Education

Degree in economics or similar

Master's in data science or similar industry experience

Tools

Python

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Job description

KTP

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) are a unique UK-wide activity that help businesses to improve their competitiveness and productivity by making better use of the knowledge, technology and skills within universities, colleges and research organisations.

Further information is available at: https://iuk-ktp.org.uk/

DUTIES OF THE POST

The duties of the post will include:

• Technical Development
  • Data collection, pre-processing and standardisation
  • Designing the technical architecture to develop and scale a DPP solution
  • Developing, training and testing a suitable ML/AI model and its integration into Pimberly\'s PIM SaaS platform
• Compliance & Regulation
  • Compliance assurance with ESPR/DPP and related legal and regulatory frameworks
  • Understanding sector specific ESPR/DPP regulatory requirements
• User Experience & Testing
  • Working collaboratively to optimise the user experience while ensuring regulatory clarity
  • Conducting user testing and applying feedback to refine solutions
• Collaboration & Knowledge Transfer
  • Communicating and working with Pimberly and the University of Essex, in an accessible and collaborative way

These duties are a guide to the work that the post holder will initially be required to undertake. They may be changed from time to time to meet changing circumstances.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

Qualifications

• A degree in economics, business, or similar (or a degree in computer science, or similar)
• A master\'s in data science, computational data, or similar, or similar industry experience (or in circular economy, supply chains or similar)

Experience

• Experience in contributing to marketing and sales strategies would be an advantage
• Experience of working to GDPR standards is an advantage
• UX design/understanding of accessibility -- including design of usability across multiple devices and user groups
• Stakeholder engagement, preferably with experience of beta testing with user groups
• [Desirable] Experience, or an interest in consumer law would be advantageous

Skills / Abilities

• Enthusiasm and willingness to learn about the ESPR/DPP legal and regulatory frameworks and compliance requirements
• Ability to digest/process/analyse and standardise a large amount of complex legislative information and make recommendations for the planning of product development and sales and marketing campaigning
• Full stack (front and back end) development
• Complex data processing, analysis, management and modelling
• Skills in deploying and maintaining cloud-native solutions
• APIs & Integrations to connect with supply chain platforms
• AI/ML skills to train, test and validate the developed module (e.g., Python, TensorFlow, PyTorch, etc.)
• [Desirable] LLM finetuning, prompt engineering, and RAG
• [Desirable] Experience in, or willingness to learn about, product regulatory compliance

BENEFITS

As a KTP Associate, the post will offer the following benefits:

• A personal development budget of £5333 (exclusive of salary).
• Management training and mentoring by an Innovate UK KTP Adviser.
• An interesting and challenging role, with exposure to a variety of stakeholders.
• Full access to university resources to complete the project.
• World-leading Academic and Company project supervision, with project support by a dedicated, sector leading KTP Office.

LOCATION

Pimberly Software Development Limited
St James\'s Tower
7 Charlotte Street
Manchester
M1 4DZ

Please see the attached job pack, which contains a full job description and person specification which outlines the full duties, skills, qualifications and experience needed for this role plus more information relating to the post. We recommend you read this information carefully before making an application. Applications should be made online, but if you would like advice or help in making an application, or need information in a different format, please contact [e-mail]

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